Weather Records on 15 July 1951

606 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 July 1951. Highest significance: Beechworth Composite, AU.

Key Facts for 15 July 1951

On 15 July 1951, 606 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
104 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 593 daily.
Beechworth Composite set a daily record precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 15 July 1951.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

606 stations

606 station records on 15 July 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 July 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Plashett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Unley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kialla East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wooragee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Woomargama Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Goorangoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glenaroua	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jowai	India	Record daily precipitation	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Boorhaman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo (Puckawidgee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beauchamp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor (Rivington Grang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wilby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dandongadale (Mountain View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Morrilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oberon (Jenolan Caves)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barjarg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jindera (Wadilock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Baddaginnie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Whitfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tallangatta (Bullioh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wallabadah (Gaspard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Miepoll South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Corryong (Parish Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Springhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nariel Creek (Simpson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woodfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Itabaianinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stonyfell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Molka (Lowana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goorambat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mooroopna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Caveside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rutherglen Research	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

606 records

Records set or tied on 15 July 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 65, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 475.

Records on 15 July 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	65
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	475
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 July 1951 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 593.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

548 broken records

Margins by which the 548 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 119.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 July 1951

Top 20 records on 15 July 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 July 1951	Beechworth Composite, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 July 1951	Cottbus, DE	daily rain	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 July 1951	Plashett, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1951	Normanville, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1951	Adelaide (Unley), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1951	Kialla East, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1951	Wooragee, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1951	Mount Barker, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1951	Woomargama Estate, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1951	Hahndorf, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1951	Goorangoola, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1951	Wangaratta, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1951	Glenaroua, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1951	Jowai, IN	daily rain	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1951	Clarendon, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1951	Adelaide (Morphett Vale), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1951	Boorhaman, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1951	Conargo (Puckawidgee), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1951	Lancefield, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1951	Beauchamp, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1793 to 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1951. 1951 had 606 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1802	1
1808	1
1824	2
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1838	1
1839	1
1840	2
1866	1
1868	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	10
1899	1
1900	1
1901	7
1902	4
1903	24
1904	9
1905	1
1906	10
1907	8
1908	7
1909	7
1910	14
1911	11
1912	44
1913	19
1914	35
1915	34
1916	27
1917	134
1918	33
1919	59
1920	78
1921	55
1922	111
1923	120
1924	126
1925	137
1926	487
1927	151
1928	367
1929	213
1930	503
1931	591
1932	649
1933	205
1934	554
1935	208
1936	905
1937	279
1938	227
1939	394
1940	320
1941	444
1942	275
1943	338
1944	228
1945	693
1946	421
1947	373
1948	397
1949	455
1950	503
1951	606
1952	825
1953	398
1954	784
1955	612
1956	351
1957	304
1958	859
1959	411
1960	576
1961	386
1962	724
1963	291
1964	670
1965	282
1966	494
1967	1,419
1968	661
1969	670
1970	542
1971	552
1972	681
1973	800
1974	692
1975	869
1976	790
1977	766
1978	815
1979	585
1980	1,168
1981	646
1982	938
1983	1,241
1984	841
1985	793
1986	773
1987	968
1988	1,157
1989	827
1990	1,202
1991	589
1992	904
1993	1,198
1994	1,027
1995	1,347
1996	1,076
1997	688
1998	1,170
1999	1,428
2000	1,276
2001	1,004
2002	1,177
2003	1,256
2004	714
2005	932
2006	1,535
2007	1,171
2008	532
2009	816
2010	941
2011	989
2012	927
2013	761
2014	1,016
2015	547
2016	672
2017	467
2018	645
2019	561
2020	614
2021	674
2022	621
2023	1,157
2024	823
2025	720
2026	961

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Data for records on 1951-07-15: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	507
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1